Six intrepid pupils from Beech class took a trip to the River Kennet at The Wilderness, Kintbury for ARK (Action for the River Kennet) River School last week.

Beech class finally got to visit Winchester Science Centre last week, after their original trip was cancelled due to the extreme heat a couple of weeks ago.

Pine class took a trip to We The Curious in Bristol at the end of Summer Term 1. We The Curious is an award-winning science museum with 200+ playful exhibits and the UK’s only public 3D Planetarium. The perfect place for curious minds, big and small!

At the end of Summer Term 1, Maple Class enjoyed an exciting and educational visit to The Roman Baths in Bath.

Our pupils have been trying out a new teaching and learning music platform called Charanga.

Just before we broke up for the Easter holiday, Maple class visited The Look Out Discovery Centre in Crowthorne.

British Science Week is an annual 10‑day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths, which took place this year from 6–15 March 2026.

Elm and Willow Classes visited the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, on Thursday 5th March, where they learned about evolution and adaptation.

This term has got off to an amazing start for the pupils of Pine Class as they have already welcomed Kieran, a Ranger from ZooLab, into class along with his collection of incredible creatures!

Before we broke up for the half term holidays, Beech and Maple Classes rounded off their pottery topic with a visit to the Perfectly Potty Pottery in Winchester.

On Thursday 5th February Ash Class went to Rosie’s Chocolate Factory near Wargrave.

Following on from National Storytelling Week, which took place from Monday 2nd to Sunday 8th February, Chestnut and Pine classes were very happy to welcome local children's author, J-J Murray, into class.

Today Beech Class took part in a live storytelling workshop with rapper and storyteller, Alim Kamara, as part of National Storytelling Week. Based on the Soundtrack Your Story theme, the workshop aimed to inspire a love of story creation through music and rhythm.

Doodle is a suite of four apps (DoodleMaths, DoodleTables, DoodleEnglish and DoodleSpelling) that cover the core areas of maths and English which create a unique work programme for your child precisely tailored to their needs and helping to boost their confidence and ability.

Hazel class welcomed some very unusual international visitors to class on the afternoon of Friday 16th January including a Corn snake, a Chilean rose tarantula, some Indian stick insects, an Asian Forest Scorpion, some Madagascar hissing cockroaches and a Giant African snail!

Hazel Class have shared what they learned in class yesterday about autumn.

Maple Class enjoyed some extra special activities when they visited Hungerford Hub and Library on Tuesday 9th December.

It was a very exciting day for Maple Class last Friday (5th December), when they met and fed the two Capybaras they had adopted at Beale Wildlife Park as their prize from coming third in the Park's Halloween Scarecrow Competition.

We have introduced a programme to all year groups at school called myHappymind. myhappymind is based around helping children to understand how their brain works and to support them in developing positive skills and habits to be their very best selves!

As part of their learning about Ancient Egypt, Maple class visited Ufton Court in Reading, where they experienced life as part of the Royal Egyptian Household.